—Why don’t you take some exercise? Sitting before the computer is bad for your health.

   ---________, but I have to finish my work on time.

  A . Sorry, I won’t listen to you             B . I don’t think so

  C . Thank you for your kindness           D . It’s none of your business 

 I don’t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.

    A. that            B. which           C. it                    D. this

______ interested us most was ______ he saw last night.

A. It; what     B. What; what    C. What; how   D. It; how

— You’ve worked there for half a year. What do you think about your boss?

— He is a person who would try his best to ________ his purpose.

A. accomplish        B. settle   C. perform                 D. undertake

 Apples are usually sold by______ weight, and eggs are sometimes sold by______ dozen.

    A. the; the         B. /; a      C. /; the         D. the; a

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s   36  filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   37   that I decided to write an article about her.

    I   38   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career. She   39   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   40   I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

    I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there   41  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that  42  

 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   43   was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   44   draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

    It didn’t take long. My manuscript   45  . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   46   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   47   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   48   my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   49  :

Dear Ms Profit,

    Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   50   materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   51   your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   52  . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   53   writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   54  , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 

  55   to doubt yourself.

36．A．joy              B．voice                   C．speech                D．smile

37．A．proud           B．active                  C．satisfied              D．moved

38．A．visited        B．emailed             C．phoned                D．interviewed

39．A．agreed         B．refused                C．hesitated              D．paused

40．A．replied           B．discovered           C．explained             D．knew

41．A．seriously      B．patiently              C．nervously            D．quietly

42．A．blaming        B．fooling                C．inviting                D．urging

43．A．hardship         B．failure                 C．comment             D．pressure

44．A．with             B．by                       C．on                      D．in

45．A．disappeared         B．returned    C．spread                 D．improved

46．A．compare        B．struggle               C．survive                D．compete

47．A．ignore          B．deliver              C．face                     D．receive

48．A．decorating  B．repairing              C．cleaning              D．leaving

49．A．disbelief          B．anxiety          C．horror                 D．trouble

50．A．subjective        B．relevant         C．private                D．reliable

51．A．broadcast       B．create                  C．publish                D．assess

52．A．recover      B．prepare                C．escape                D．concentrate

53．A．energetic     B．endless                C．typical                 D．enjoyable

54．A．experience     B．success               C．benefit                D．accident

55．A．attempt      B．afford                 C．expect                 D．pretend

       Sharon called about four times today. At least it shows she’s trying to explain (解释) something to me. I feel a little better. 

December 3  

       This morning Sharon said she had only told one person and had no idea why everyone seemed to know. Yes, I am an adopted daughter (养女) and my name was changed. But she had promised to keep it secret for ever!

December 5  

       I wish I had a friend I could really trust (信任) all of the time. I thought I found that friend, but I haven’t and it’s making me unhappy! It’s wrong to tell her all about it. She won my trust, then lost it.

December 7  

       I have a nice room and a big pool in my backyard and everything I’ve ever wanted. My adoptive parents will give me all the material things I’ve ever dreamed of. Yet all the money in the world can’t buy what I want now. I want Sharon to be my best friend again. 

December 10   

       Sharon just called. She said she thought it might help if we spent more time together. She worried that I would go to another school. She is the best friend I’ve ever had. When I’m with Sharon, I can be myself. I need Sharon’s friendship. I need it more than I’ve ever known.

December 16 

       I just had the most fantastic two days of my life! This was the best time I’ve had for a long, long time. Yesterday, we walked five times around the park and today we ran slowly along the river for twenty minutes. I can’t describe how much fun I had. We talked so much. Sharon, Sharon, no brick wall between us now.

44. What does the author mainly care about?

A. Why she was adopted.                      B. Why she went to another school.

C. Her family life.                            D. Her friendship with Sharon.  

45. Sharon lost the author’s trust because she ______. 

A. didn’t keep the author’s secret                B. didn’t like the author any more

C. often played a joke on the author              D. often refused to help the author 

46. The underlined word “fantastic” in the last paragraph probably means “______”.

A. funny     B. wonderful             C. sad            D. lucky

47. What can we know about the author and Sharon from the passage?

A. They were not friends any more.

B. They became good friends again.

C. They would go to another school together.

D. They could hardly understand each other.

    假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

    增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\)，在其下面写上该加的词。

    删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写上修改后的词。

    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

Recently I read an article in a magazine．It was about a mother who was worried about his son just because of he always kept his hair long．The mother thought that was not right，and the son felt there was nothing unusually about it．Different generations have different opinions on the same thing．That is what is meaning by“the generation gap”．We can see them in our daily lives．Most of our parents like listening to old songs when young people prefer pop songs．Every time my father finds me listen to rock music，he always shouted，“Shut it off．It’s awful!”How can we deal the generation gap?

They discovered a large collection of old pots _______ Qin Dynasty, which are still _______ today.

A. dates from; very valuable  B. dating back to; of great value

C. dated back to; of much value      D. dating from; very value

It’s just _____among countries to host the Olympics as to win an Olympic Medal.

A. much as a competition                             B. as a much competition

C. as much a competition                             D. a competition as much